Ernst Mattern

Ernst Mattern (1890-1962) was a Generalmajor of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Biography
Ernst Mattern was born in 1890, and he served in World War I before continuing his service in the Reichswehr and then in the Wehrmacht. Mattern was appointed commander of Festung Posen ("Fortress Poznan") in Poland on 10 December 1944, and he commanded the garrison of Poznan during the Battle of Poznan in 1945. Mattern would die in 1962 at the age of 72.